iki (album)

iki
Studio album by Värttinä
Released	February 28, 2003
Recorded	Finnvox and Hitsville Stuios, Helsinki September 2002
Genre	Finnish folk music
Length	46:17
Label	BMG Finland
Producer	Janne Haavisto
Värttinä chronology
Double Life (2002) iki (2003) Snow Angel (2005)

iki is Värttinä's 11th album (9th studio album), released in 2003. It continues Värttinä's trend of having more original compositions, while retaining a folk influence in the songs and their style.

iki was released on February 28, 2003 by BMG Finland in Finland, to coincide with Värttinä's 20th anniversary concert in Helsinki. Later in the spring of 2003, it was released by Frea in Benelux, Resistencia in Spain, Westpark Music in Germany, NorthSide in the United States, in Japan, and in the United Kingdom and France.

In Songlines' July/August 2003 issue, iki was the 24th selection on their "50 World Music Albums You Must Own".^[1][2]

Track listing[]

1. "Syyllinen Syli (osa 1)" / "Faithless Arms (part 1)" (music: ; lyrics: , traditional) – 1:30
2. "Tuulen Tunto" / "To Feel the Wind" (; M. Kaasinen, , trad.) – 5:00
3. "Sepän Poika" / "The Blacksmith's Son" (Varilo; Kiiskinen) – 3:19
4. "Tauti" / "Disease" (Varilo; M. Kaasinen, trad.) – 4:04
5. "Morsian" / "The Bride" (Varilo; M. Kaasinen, trad.) – 4:45
6. "Nahkaruoska" / "Leather Whip" (M. Kaasinen; M. Kaasinen, Virtanen, trad.) – 3:08
7. "Maahinen Neito" / "Earth-maiden" (Susan Aho; Kiiskinen) – 4:23
8. "Potran Korean" / "A Sturdy Handsome Lad" (Aho; Kiiskinen) – 2:33
9. "Vihi" (Varilo; no lyrics) – 3:31
10. "Hopeat" / "Silver" (Lappalainen; M. Kaasinen) – 5:36
11. "Tumma" / "Dark" (Lappalainen; M. Kaasinen) – 4:30
12. "Syyllinen Syli (osa 2)" / "Faithless Arms (part 2)" (Varilo; M. Kaasinen, trad.) – 4:13

Personnel[]

• – vocals
• Susan Aho – vocals
• – vocals
• – 6 & 12 string guitars, saz, dobro, , kantele, , organ
• – bouzouki, saxophone, , low whistle
• – fiddle, octave fiddle, jouhikko, nyckelharpa, vocals
• – accordion
• – double bass
• – drums, percussion

References[]

External links[]

• Värttinä page with lyrics, English translations and samples

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